From time to time, fans engage in a debate about whether the best team in college football could beat the worst team in the NFL. Some argue the NFL team would win because every player on the team is a professional (and built for the league) whereas not every player on a college team will make it into the league. It’s a debate that will likely never get settled on the field, so we will never have a definitive answer. However, one anonymous NFL scout would jump at the chance to trade his team’s defense for a college team’s. What team? The Ohio State Buckeyes. During Ohio State’s pro day Friday, NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah, via Chase Goodbread of NFL.com, revealed that an unnamed scout thinks the Buckeyes’ defense could succeed at the professional level: I was on the phone with (a scout) just the other day … he said, ‘I would trade our NFL defense right now for the Ohio State defense in a heartbeat. I’d do it right now. When you hear that you (think), ‘C’mon,’ but you start going through the three levels of the defense, and even some younger guys that aren’t eligible in this draft class. …
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